I cannot say how misguided you are on your comments. My daughters are by no means “elite” swimmers, although they do try hard. Pete gives them every minute of attention to them as the other, better swimmers, get. In fact, we recently cut short a vacation because Pete wanted our girls to get more practice. Whatever bias generated your complaint I am glad of one thing, you are no longer a part of our team.

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Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:34:54 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-203171Jim, first and foremost, this is not the time or place for that comment. Perhaps a more appropriate response would be for you to approach Pete face to face and voice your concerns personally, rather than badmouth him on the internet. As the slowest member of the fastest UC Davis Men’s team in history, I can tell from personal experience that Pete does not ignore ANY of his swimmers. Each and every practice was tweaked to maximize my potential. In large programs such as the Aquamonsters it is impossible to pay personal attention like that to each kid, but I guarantee that Pete not only cared about all of his swimmers, but he knew far more about them than you give him credit for. The ultimate statement about his abilities as a coach are the 23 consequtive DHS titles, and the final say on his qualities as a man and a mentor to countless athletes are the unconditional love, dedication and devotion that he evokes in his teams.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:34:46 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-202814Pete is a world class coach and has proven it time and again, all the while, never seeking any credit for his work. He deserves to be recognized for his accomplishments mentioned in this article but maybe even more so for his perseverance and ability to deal with parents like Jim on a daily basis.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:43:22 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201823Anyone looking to honor Pete and Scott and all they stand for should do everything possible to get men’s swimming reinstated at UC Davis.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:48:30 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201785My daughter was never the fastest or most athletic swimmer on Aquamonsters, but Pete took the time to get to know her as a person, appreciate the person that she was and ultimately give her opportunities that helped her grow into a better person. We are very grateful that he was her swim coach.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:28:51 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201713Surprise surprise the father assigns blame to the world caliber coach and not his low achieving children. And to try to equate your children’s failure with the cutting of UCD mes’s swimming shows a critical lack of understanding of intercollegiate athletics.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:13:29 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201697My kids did work hard at the Aquamonsters practices for 4 years. They were completely ignored; my older one was demoralized due to how Pete treated him. They did not quit at the last minute but slogged through this poor treatment for a long time. They did not drain time from the coaches.
Coaches like Pete pick favorites and ignore the masses. That is probably one factor why the UCD Men’s team died.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:27:41 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201519Pete is a great coach and if your kids were ignored although I doubt they were it was most likely because your children were not working hard and just drained energy away from the group. It is telling how your children choose to quit the moment they feel the least bit slighted…
Congrats Pete!!
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:49:22 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201487It is fair and relevant to mention since the article is about what a great coach Pete has been, to Scott. Pete, like many coaches, picks his favorites to coach and ignores the rest. How many other Scotts were out there and became disillusioned? Many of these coaches really do not care about the individual athlete.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:37:10 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201405There’s a time and a place for your comments, this is not it. If you had an issue with the amount of attention your child was getting, the appropriate time to address that would have been while they were swimming; To bring it up in response to an article about Pete’s phenomenal success is discourteous at best.
]]>By: feverhttp://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/motekaitis-the-coach-behind-aggie-olympian-weltz/comment-page-1/#comment-201398
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:32:27 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201398Not having swum in Davis but having kids on swim teams that did swim against them, I doubt that many kids are ignored or slighted. Mostly if a kid feels hurt and slighted it is mostly because their parents convince them they should be hurt or that they are being ignored. As far as I can tell the Davis program is well run and well liked by the vast majority of their members.
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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:27:25 +0000http://www.davisenterprise.com/?p=200083#comment-201351My kids swam for several years/summers for the Aquamonsters swim team. Although Pete may be a great guy and coach, he (and the other coaches) totally ignored my kids. They were really hurt by how he treated them, and they utlimately drifted into other sports.
One important thing to realize is that coaches by and large ignore 90% of the athletes they coach. They focus on only a special few. However, these people cannot expect for those of us who are parents to these kids to keep paying money to fund these sports where are children are ignored or even treated badly.
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